Bobbin-holder.



No. 731,617. PATENTED JUNE 2 3 1903,

' .A. E. RHOADES.

BOBBIN HOLDER.

APPLIOATION rum) NOV. 4, 1902. I0 IODEL.

following claims.

I UNITED STATES Patented June 23, 1903.

. ATENT O FICE.

DRAPER COMPANY, or -TION or MAINE. I

HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- BOBBlN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,61 '7, dated June 23, 1!?03.

Application filed November 1,1902. Serial No. 130.070. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern.- Be it known thatI, ALONZO E. RHoADns, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Hopedale, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have inventedan Improvement in Bobbin-Holders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the pro duction of a novel bobbin-holder for supportinga bobbin during the unwinding of the yarn therefrom provided with means to effect I the ejection or discharge of the spent or empty bobbin without handling of the latter by the attendant.

, By means of this invention the attendant can remove the bobbin instantly from the side of the bobbin-holder, the means by which the ejection is efiected at once returning automatically to position in readiness for the ins'ertion of a fresh bobbin.-

The various .novel .features of the invention will be described in the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bobbinholder embodying one form of my invention.

. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on the irregular line 2 2 looking toward l the left, a full bobbin being shown on the bobbin-rest. Fig; 3is a partial front elevation, also enlarged, of the rest for the bobbin and the overhangingarm, the guards and thecarrier on which they are hung being shown in dotted lines inposition assumed when moved to eject a bobbin. Fig. lsisan enlarged perspective view of the carrier detached. Fig.

A 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional detail bin c is laid, the upturned arm onthe line 5 5, Fig. 2, looking toward the right; I andFig. 6 is an under side view of the carrier centrally broken out.

Referring to Fig. 1, the bracket 19, having bolt-holes 2, the bolt b to secure to the bracket the rest or pan (1, on which the bob- A, forming a part of the bracket and having a forked clamp A, and the set-screw a may be and are substantially of well-known construction, the

clamp embracing the supporting-bar B of the spooler. Heretofore the depending side guards 9 have been mounted in the overhanging part of the arm A-as, for instance, in United States Patent No. 575,929, dated January 26, 1897; but in my present invention I have shortened the overhanging part A of the arm and enlarged it to form an upturned boss or, and a transverse lip a Figs. 1 and 3, is formed on the upright outer flat end of the arm, the boss and lip being on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the arm, as shown in Fig. 3. A stud a headed at its outer end and rigidly secured in the boss, is extended longitudinally above and substantially in parallelism with the pan cl, and upon said stud acarrier O is mounted to tilt, the carrier being shown separately in Figs. 4. and 6. This carrier, preferably made as a casting, has downturned longitudinal sides 0 and closed ends 0 0 the rear end overhanging to form a transverse shelf 0 the carrier having an opening 0 to receive the stud. a

and being located at one side of the longitudinal axis of the carrier. Holes 20 22, Fig. 6, are made in the ends to receive the oppositely-bent ends g of the side guards g, the

latter being thereby pivotallysupported in i and depending from the carrier, within the downturned sides thereof. (See Fig. 3.) An inturned tongue 0 on the front end 0? of the carrier projects between the frontdepending parts of the guards for a purpose to be described. The outer end of the overhanging arm is recessed at-a? (see'Fig. 3) below the stud a to receive therein a lug c projecting rearwardly from the carrier, the normal position of the carrier being shown in Figs. 1,

2, and 3, the shelf 0 resting upon the lip 01 and serving as a stop for the carrier. At such time the guards hangdown and are-in condition to admit the bobbin between them, as in Fig. 2, and the normal position of the lug c is shown in said figure in dotted'lines, the weight of the carrier being eccentric to its fulcrum and holding it down in operative position.

he carrier has an upturned finger-piece 0 near its front end, and When it is desired to eject a spent or empty bobbin the attendant tilts the carrier in the direction of arrow 30,

Fig. 2, by a light touch on the finger-piece, and as the carrier rocks or tilts into dottedline position, Fig. 3, the right-hand guard g will be engaged by the adjacent side Wall of the carrier and swung across the pan or rest d. The bobbin is thereby rolled or moved across the rest and over its side, the tongue 0 at such time acting on the other guard, as shown in Fig. 3, and preventing it from interfering with the ejection of the bobbin. When the carrier is thus tilted, the lug 0 moves through the recess a and against the wall thereof adjacent the lip a (see Fig. 3,) thereby limiting such tilting movement and preventing the carrier from being thrown over dead-center. As soon as the carrier is released it returns to normal position by the without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bobbin-holder having a stationary rest for and upon which the bobbin is laid, and means to eject the spent bobbin from the side of the bobbin-holder.

2. A bobbin-holder having a rest for the bobbin, a movable guard at the side of the bobbin, and means operating by or through said guard to eject the spent bobbin.

3. A bobbin-holder having a rest for the bobbin, laterally-movable guards at the sides of the bobbin, and means operating through one of said guards to eifect lateral ejection of a bobbin from the bobbin-rest.

4. A bobbin-holder having a rest for the bobbin, and an overhanging arm, depending guards for the sides of the bobbin, and means depending from the carrier, tilting of the latter acting through a side guard to laterally eject a bobbin.

6. A bobbin-holder having a rest for the bobbin, a carrier fulcrumed above the rest to tilt on an axis extended longitudinally of the rest, and side guards for the bobbin pivotally mounted at their upper ends on and depending from the carrier, tilting of the latter on its fulcrum swinging the guards transversely to the rest,to eject a bobbin therefrom.

7. A bobbin-holder having a rest for the bobbin, an upturned, overhanging arm, a fixed, longitudinally-extended stud thereon, a carrier fulcrumed on said stud and having downturned sides, and side guards for the bobbin pivotally mounted on the carrier between its sides, tilting of the carrier on its fulcrum acting to swing the guards laterally and eject a bobbin from the sideof the rest.

8. A bobbin-holder having a rest for the bobbin, and an overhanging-arm, a carrier mounted thereon to tilt laterally, stops to limit tilting movement of the carrier, and side guards for the bobbin pivoted independently of each other upon and depending from the carrier.

9. A bobbin-holder having a rest for the bobbin, and an overhanging arm, a tilting carrier mounted thereon and having an upturned finger -piece, and depending side guards for the bobbin, pivotally connected with the carrier, tilting of the latter acting through a guard to eject a bobbin laterally.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

vALONZO E. RHOADES.

Witnesses:

GEORGE OTIS DRAPER, ERNEST WARREN WooD. 

